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The effect of a rural family practice preceptorship on medical students' residency selection
P M Paulman1, L Davidson-Stroh
1Department of Family Practice, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha 68198-3075.
Objective:
We suspected our senior medical student rural family practice preceptorship was a positive influence on students' selection of family practice as a specialty.
Methods:
A five-year study of 598 students' specialty choices before and after their preceptorship was done and compared to eventual residency choice.
Results:
Of these students, 565 (94.5%) appeared to be uninfluenced by the preceptorship. Of the 33 students who reported a change in residency choice after completing the rural preceptorship, 15 (2.5%) chose a family practice residency.
Conclusions:
The rural preceptorship was found to have a positive influence on students' choice of family practice residency positions.